Event | Masquerade Ball

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Characters: All
Date: The Evening of October 30th
Location: The Courtyard of Public Opinion
Situation: Valdis and 'Rue' have put together an All Hallows Eve Masquerade Ball.
Warnings/Rating: None

The day has finally arrived and the morning and afternoon are spent putting together what will be the scene of the Masquerade Ball at the Courtyard of Public Opinion. Kedan can be seen coming and going, carrying in decorations and lights and later on, various foods and desserts. Valdis, and Rue can occasionally be glimpsed directing people and moving things around, but anyone not a part of the setup will be ushered on and discouraged from lingering.

As night falls, the Courtyard will be brightly lit and ready for guests...

Comments

[solo_patria]

It was so easy to still think of them in that way, and the fact they'd become friends again, after things had started to warm between kedan and foreigners, had helped in the process. Those heady, easy days before the war were so important to Enjolras, back then, in the days his friends had all been vanishing. He'd made new connections, he supposed.

And he missed how easy, how nice, it all had been. It couldn't go back to the same, ever, but maybe it was coming back a bit.

"I can take you, if you'd like. It's been a while since we've really properly caught up."

[unetrustworthy]

She smiled warmly, and gave a nod in agreement.

"I think I'd like that very much."

[solo_patria]

"Excellent." He couldn't help grinning. "You always do make me think when we're able to speak together freely."

[unetrustworthy]

Whether or not he realized, that was one of the highest compliment anyone, of any age or gender, could offer her.

"I suppose someone has to."

(She was joking; he always struck her as a thinker. A very verbal, long-winded thinking, but she would never once have denied the fact that he was a person who's mind always seemed to be running in some fashion.)

[solo_patria]

"That they do." Enjolras smiled, reminded, in a way, of Combeferre.

In a vastly different world, the girl could have been the doctor's daughter, he thought. She had the same wisdom that Combeferre had always shared, the same way of looking at the world and seeing everything within it.

It was rare for someone to have that ability, especially someone so young as Midii, Enjolras thought, and yes, he'd always been a thinker and quite long winded at that,but still, he appreciated the way that her perspective allowed him to see MORE of the world, to understand its greater picture.

"I appreciate it very much, the thinking, and the talking." he said now, instead. "You show me things I'd not thought of, or help me to discover more to investigate on my own. It's rare to have a friend that one can share those quiet moments with. I'm grateful to have you."

[unetrustworthy]

For Midii, it was quite the opposite.

Enjorlas was always so FOCUSED on his subjects. So passionate. Not to mention, familiar. With everything that had been taken away from her over the years, any lingering semblance of familiarity, she found herself clinging to. It was a comfort amongst the constant unknowns.

"And I, you." She nodded her agreement. Then, in a rare sentimental moment: "I often wondered...if I had an older brother growing up...if he would have been anything like you."

They had both grown up in times of war, after all. It wasn't unthinkable to assume a sibling who might remember a time before the assassination of Heero Yuy would have had Enjorlas' passion for speaking his mind.

[solo_patria]

He did try to have that focus, yes. It had been something that had, perhaps, hurt in the earlier days, when his focus had been narrow, relegated mostly to friends and immediate concerns here. These days, Enjolras had been trying a bit more to work things out in the larger world. He was not sure how well he did, though.

The familiarity of those he cared about? That WAS special, though. He smiled at Midii's statement there,looking thoughtful.

"I think I should have been proud to have a sister like you. I am not sure how well I might have done in such a world as the one that you survived, but, perhaps together, it could have been done. I would hope any theoretical older brother for you would do much the same."

He would have liked to have seen a world in need of change, after all. Enjolras had forever looked for something to speak up for, or against, in a world that had shifted at his earliest age, from Napoleon to the King, to constitutional monarchy that was ruled by the rich and none of those had fit France right. He was used to changes, and to seeking ways to improve the world around him. Perhaps it would have worked out after all.

[unetrustworthy]

"I think you would have done better than you give yourself credit for."

He would have had to, if he were a member of her family.

[solo_patria]

"I suppose I should have had a great many reasons to do so." After all, Midii and her other brothers besides. "I'd always sort of wanted siblings, after all. What greater inspiration would there be?" There'd been his cousin for a bit, when he was a baby and his aunt had stayed with them while her husband was away but that was different still.

[unetrustworthy]

"You would have loved mine."

A pause, and she thought back and (jokingly) amended: "...well, you would have loved Michel. I'm not so sure about the twins."

[solo_patria]

"Well, I DID manage to handle my friends and still love them much of the time, and some of their antics were rather suspect, particularly in adults who ought have known better." Enjolras joked too. "I suspect I might have managed."

[unetrustworthy]

"Even if they targeted you for one of their pranks?"

[solo_patria]

"Ooh Courfeyrac and Bahorel were notorious for doing that. So much cleverness, and so much idle time on their hands. It was bound to lead to trouble at some point or other. Gavroche was rather good at that sort of thing too."

Enjolras ducks his head, a deep laugh coming straight from his gut as he considers things now.

"And get them all together...well, they certainly were creative."

[unetrustworthy]

She, too, let out a faint chuckle.

"Yes, I remember Gavroche. I think I even told him that he reminded me of my brothers once."

[solo_patria]

Enjolras often missed him as he did the others, though he'd not had as much time with him here. He supposed that it had counted for its quality instead though.

"It is so hard to believe it has been so long since some have been here, isn't it? Still, I AM glad of the present company. "